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<blockquote data-quote="arcobob" data-source="post: 9112049" data-attributes="member: 4112"><p>To be fair our government has been driving the thin end of the wedge for years. The tax on fuel concessions came in when tractors travelled at fifteen miles an hour and towed three ton trailers over very limited distances. The situation has changed because farmers and associates used loopholes to provide cheap heavy goods transport. The construction industry lost its concesssions on rebated diesel even though most of the machinery never set foot on a road.</p><p>However you view this, fuel tax was levied in the UK to maintain roads and rebated in the case of non road use. Any deviation from that is a stealth tax, otherwise what is the fuel tax for? We all know the answer because it is simply a tax to fund the central pot, in much the same way as National insurance is another form of income tax. We have to pay taxes to support the infrastructure and the system needs simplifying and the infrastructure needs pruning. More clarity and less bullpooh would be helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arcobob, post: 9112049, member: 4112"] To be fair our government has been driving the thin end of the wedge for years. The tax on fuel concessions came in when tractors travelled at fifteen miles an hour and towed three ton trailers over very limited distances. The situation has changed because farmers and associates used loopholes to provide cheap heavy goods transport. The construction industry lost its concesssions on rebated diesel even though most of the machinery never set foot on a road. However you view this, fuel tax was levied in the UK to maintain roads and rebated in the case of non road use. Any deviation from that is a stealth tax, otherwise what is the fuel tax for? We all know the answer because it is simply a tax to fund the central pot, in much the same way as National insurance is another form of income tax. We have to pay taxes to support the infrastructure and the system needs simplifying and the infrastructure needs pruning. More clarity and less bullpooh would be helpful. [/QUOTE]
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